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somewhat vague. From the absence of landmarks 

 this is inevitable. It is of course needless to 

 adhere rigidly to the actual route I have attempted 

 to describe, and which is susceptible of a number of 

 variations, but if a general north-easterly direction is 

 preserved from the old British Ca/np, the pedestrian 

 may get bogged or hung up in a thicket, but he 

 cannot go far wrong. It is at any rate well worth 

 trying, for I should be inclined to select it as the 

 most varied and attractive walk of any in the 

 Forest. It is dry in all weathers throughout nearly 

 the whole of its course. 



ROUTE M. 



LOUGHTON TO THEYDON BY BALDWIN'S HILL 

 AND OAK HILL. 



5| miles. 



Follow the ridge of Baldwin s Hill as far as 

 Golding's Hill ponds, as described in Route P, or 

 else keep along the bottom of the valley below it, 

 hugging the bank of the stream to the point where 

 it crosses the green ride, and leaves the high trees 

 of Mofik Wood. From here a track leads up the 

 hill on the right in a direction a little north of 

 east to the above-named ponds. At Golding's Hill 

 ponds cross the Loughton road and take the green 

 road along the eastern boundary of the Forest. 

 After descending the hill, this road leads to Debdeti 

 Green, but without leaving the Forest at this point, 

 keep a north-easterly direction near the outside of 

 the Forest, crossing a succession of ridges and 

 valleys to Oak Hill. This part of the Forest is a 



